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The officer was with his family unloading packages when the suspect allegedly got in.

He was warned to get out but when the suspect reached under the seat, the officer shot him, Fox5 reports.

Police say the suspect then ran away but was detained by hotel security and then taken to University Medical Center for treatment.

The officer was not injured in the incident.

Police were called to the scene in Nevada.

It is the second shooting at the casino and hotel in the past eight months.

In December, a gunman shot dead a woman in the lobby before turning the gun on himself.

The shooting reportedly happened in the car lot of the Excalibur Hotel and Casino

The Excalibur, which looks like a
magical, mythical castle with red and blue turrets, is owned and
operated by MGM Resorts International.

Named after the legend of King Arthur's mythical sword, the hotel and casino sits on the intersection between the Tropicana and Las Vegas Boulevard.

The hotel is linked by overhead
pedestrian bridges to neighboring casinos: to the north it joins New
York-New York, across Tropicana Avenue, and to the east it links up with
Tropicana, across the Strip.